15 Jul 14 @ 16:24

There’s no denying the impact that digital connectivity is having on our daily routines. It’s changed how we watch video, keep tabs on our health – even the way we connect with our... read more

15 Jul 14 @ 13:38

A cybersecurity threat known as Shylock has been disrupted thanks to an international operation, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is reporting. Shylock was said to have been installed on... read more

15 Jul 14 @ 13:08

Europe’s Banking Authority has warned its financial institutions to avoid dealing in Bitcoins and other virtual currencies until a forthcoming regulatory regime has been established. It also laid out various elements that... read more

11 Jul 14 @ 11:24

Barclays plans to expand its use of voice biometrics to streamline authentication when clients call the bank, but the technology is still not widely trusted or understood. Barclays has been... read more

11 Jul 14 @ 11:05

Throughout 2013 Visa cardholders used their contactless cards to make more than 94.3 million purchases in the UK compared to just under 25 million contactless purchases in 2012. Contactless purchases... read more

09 Jul 14 @ 15:36

Visa Europe is predicting an end to plastic payment cards as changing consumer preferences and new technologies take hold. The network is looking at how to overhaul security standards and... read more

09 Jul 14 @ 09:09

Ingenico Payment Services, previously Ogone, has signed an agreement with Seamless regarding the mobile wallet SEQR. Its mobile payment services can now be offered to the thousands of Belgian web... read more

08 Jul 14 @ 16:38

As if the Isis mobile wallet venture was not suffering enough problems due to sluggish customer uptake, it has now been forced to rebrand itself in order to avoid confusion... read more

08 Jul 14 @ 16:32

Global mobile money specialist Monitise has seen its share price plummet more than 15% today after the company issued a trading update stating that its revenue growth this year would... read more

08 Jul 14 @ 16:29

ATM manufacturers Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf have decided to put competitive differences aside in order to form an ATM security association. The two have come together as criminals renew their... read more

08 Jul 14 @ 09:03

A new report on alternative payment methods worldwide states that in North America, cards accounted for almost three quarters of B2C E-Commerce transactions, with digital wallets being the largest alternative... read more

07 Jul 14 @ 19:29

Visa and MasterCard have reached a compromise agreement with Russian officials that would allow the global card payment companies to continue operating in the country. “MasterCard and Visa will continue business in Russia,”... read more

07 Jul 14 @ 19:22

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has extended its leadership in the market for secure ICs in payment cards with 48% market share in million units for 2013, growing from 32%... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 12:48

On July 7, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of New York will begin hearing arguments in the case, which the Department of Justice... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 09:05

The UK government is hoping to resist the slide of cheque usage by allowing a system that will allow people to pay using mobile cheque deposit by taking a photo... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 09:02

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the annual transaction value of online, mobile and contactless payments (digital payments) will reach $4.7 trillion by 2019, up from just over $2.5... read more

01 Jul 14 @ 10:08

South Africa’s telco’s have been trying for some time to unpick the mobile banking lock, but they have not been able to repeat the successes they have had in countries... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 15:12

NCR Corporation and Banca Popolare di Bari, one of Italy’s largest banks, announced that NCR has been selected as the partner of choice to help the bank design and implement its... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 14:53

BBVA is the first global banking group to commercially launch mobile HCE mobile payments based on new cloud-based payment specifications from Visa. The new cloud-based system will allow BBVA customers... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:50

Not long ago, Google showcased Android Wear, as well as a bunch of smartwatches which will go on sale at the Google Play Store – Samsung Gear Live and LG... read more